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The Windows 7 Last Gasp Lifeline Page

Windows 7 reached End of Life on 14 January 2020.

That means that Microsoft will no longer provide any updates to Windows 7, including security updates. Unless, of course, you're paying for the Extended Security Updates program, which is only available for selected businesses and comes with a pretty hefty price tag.

So, what do you do? Well, luckily, there are some antivirus companies that have said that their antivirus and antimalware products will continue to run on Windows 7, at least for a while. Here's a list. PLEASE NOTE: we have NO guarantee how long these companies will actually support Windows 7, nor do we have any idea of how effective their protection will continue to be. If you continue to use Windows 7, or any of these products, you are most definitely on your own. We are not endoring any of these products for use with Windows 7!

Manufacturer Support Information
AhnLab No end of support announced, at least until December 2021
AVG No end of support announced, at least until December 2021
Avast No end of support announced, at least until December 2021
Avira Support ends in November 2022
Bitdefender No end of support announced, at least until December 2021
BullGuard No end of support announced, at least until December 2021
Carbon Black No end of support announced, at least until December 2021
ESET No end of support announced, at least until December 2021
Emsisoft Supported until March 31, 2021
FireEye No end of support announced, at least until December 2021
F-Secure No end of support announced, at least until December 2021
G Data No end of support announced, at least until December 2021
Ikarus No end of support announced, at least until December 2021
K7 Computing No end of support announced, at least until December 2021
McAfee No end of support announced, at least until December 2021
Microsoft (Security Essentials) End of support for program updates, still offering only signature updates (without an end date yet)
Microworld eScan No end of support announced, at least until December 2021
PC Matic No end of support announced, at least until December 2021
Quickheal No end of support announced, at least until December 2021
Seqrite No end of support announced, at least until December 2021
Sophos Support on-premise until December 2020, Cloud-managed until June 2021
Symantec / Norton LifeLock No end of support announced, at least until December 2021
ThreatTrack / Vipre No end of support announced, at least until December 2021
Trend Micro No end of support announced, at least until December 2021

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